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Amar'e Stoudemire unhappy with his new teammates

Published Mar. 11, 2015 10:54 a.m. ET

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The Cleveland Cavaliers destroyed the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night, and everything about the loss left a bad taste in Amar'e Stoudemire's mouth. He was disgusted with how his new team failed to compete, so, according to ESPN Dallas' Tim MacMahon, afterwards the 32-year-old decided to vent his frustration.

I came here to win, and we're [4 ½] games out of being out of the playoffs, which is unacceptable. This is something we can't accept. We've got to find a way to refocus. We've got to key into the details of the game of basketball. We can't cheat the game. We can't screw around in games and practices and joke around all the time and figure we're going to win games. This is the pros. It's the highest level of basketball. We've got to act that way. We've got to pay more attention to detail. We can't be making minor mistakes. We made mistakes that second-year players or rookie players make in this league. We're a veteran team. Guys are 13, 14, 16 years in this league. We should know better than that.

The 12-year veteran joined the Mavericks on February 18, and has played better than expected since, averaging 11.4 points in only 17.4 minutes per game. He's shooting an insane 62.1 percent and posting a 23.6 PER.

In other words, he's doing his job. Unfortunately, Stoudemire is one of just a few in Dallas who can say the same.

(h/t: ESPN Dallas)